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Awesome, maybe I can beat Linda and get that 7 millionth post hehe

Hi Mike, I'll have to agree with Andrew. Actually whatever size you are, you are. It only will seem to get bigger/longer because the extra fat/padding is used to fuel the body and it's more a ratio or proportion type of thing. Still yes mentally there is a bit of a surprise as what you see does make one feel as if a man's manhood as grown but again it is more to do with the area around it shrinking. Matt, you are doing great. I've only lost 73 pounds in just over 3 months so your loss of 74 in about 2 months is great news. Of course I started at 430 and had my surgery at 400 so I am still 327 and not active enough with exercise. I do walk much more now but actually excercising is still difficult for me.

Great job, keep up the good work!

It has been my experience that anything gained/loss in a short period of time is Water weight. I seriously doubt you gained 12 pounds of fat in 4 days. More than likely you had something that had much more sodium in it than you knew and your body retained extra water. Just stick with your program and watch your sodium intake. If for any reason it concerns you do see a medical professional. Best of luck!

Hehe, Oh yeah. I was use to eating at the speed of a NASCAR event and it took me three times having some type of food stuck in my esophogus (sp?) and having to dry heave to get it to dislodge and go into my sleeve before I learned to pay attention and slow it down. Now I eat like the grass grows and have well over half my food on my plate when my family finishes eating theirs LOL even though my portion is much smaller. So you are not alone and neither it appears was I. I told my surgeon about it last week at my 3 month follow up and he just smiled and called it a learning moment on my own learning curve

Your post is a bit confusing and no responses after 40 views tells me I'm not alone. I am somewhat new to this forum but I will say that I simply saw in my profile a place for overall weight loss and another number for weight loss AFTER the surgery so I simply complied and put in the correct numbers. I don't think I feel guilty at all. My 30 pound loss was on weight watchers over the course of an entire year and not really part of a pre-op diet, or at least for me it wasn't but either way I am down 102 from my peak and every pound counts to me, pre op or post op I don't care and I certainly don't feel guilty. Lose 10 times that amount and instead of guilt you will be singing in the shower LOL. It's a great feeling to have lost weight no matter how it was done. Regards for now!

I went with the sleeve because diets are temporary and 23 years of failure was enough for me. I wanted something permanent and I know myself well enough to know that I didn't want to compromise on this issue. I was lucky in that my op was paid for by my insurance so cost was not a factor. Best of luck to you either way you decide.

Congrats! I had my 3 month follow up last week and was told that 30% of excess weight loss at 3 months and 50% at 6 months was the norm so it seems fairly similiar/standard. My loss was at 33% so I had that same feel good feeling you have right now but I'm just 3 months behind ya!

Awesome! Feels good no? Keep up the program, we got well over a year to go so here's to another 43 pound loss for you!

Congrats on the good news but I'd say it's yet another misconception about us overweight folks that we have weak hearts etc. I'm 49 and my EKG/Heart tests were just fine despite my weight. Then again I wasn't going to wait around for another decade to test it so time to lose, it go fast so hang in there and keep us posted on your surgery date.

Congrats, I too am a March Sleever, March 12 to be exact and down 72 post surgery and 102 overall.

Hi, My baby boy (6th bio and 7th overall and LAST child of mine now) was born 2 weeks ago today. If your like me you'll want to be around a long time to watch the 3 year old grow old. The WLS for me was one of my better decisions in my entire life. I've lost 72 pounds in 3 months which was impossible in the last 23 years for me and I was nervous too so your emotional state is not unusual. Think of the benefits and use your tool wisely and hang in there, that is what this forum is for, that and for apperantly stuffing one's panties with all kinds of things hehe

I try not to stuff my panties at all, oh and don't telll on me! J/K, I know what you meant, what a difference a single letter makes eh? LOL. Keep stuffing whatever you need Linda

Oh and welcome to the site from one almost newbie to another Btw when did you have your surgery? Mine was March 12th and I just had my 3 month follow up last week.

Wow, we are all over the place. I was told 2 hours by my surgeon's office but heck, I try to take my Iron in the middle of the day and my two calcium supplements early morning and late evening spacing them out as much as possible just to be safe